Oral history interview with William E. Painter, 1998 December 21.

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Oral history interview with William E. Painter, 1998 December 21.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/318536520

Interview with William Painter, an Army veteran (C Company, 1st Battalion, 127th Infantry Regiment, 32nd Infantry Division), concerning his experiences in the Pacific Theater during World War II. His pacifistic/isolationist background and the influence of his mother; his parents' attitude toward Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal; his personal dilemma over accepting induction into the military and registering as a conscientious objector; community pressure on him to enter the military; induction into the Army, summer, 1944; basic training, Camp Hood, Killeen, Texas; assignment to C Company, 127th Infantry, as a replacement; his hatred of the Japanese; combat on the Villa Verde Trail, northern Luzon, Philippines; his attitude toward officers and non-commissioned officers; setting up perimeter defenses; Japanese night banzai attacks; rest and recuperation on the Lingayen Gulf; non-battle casualties; combat around Baguio on Highway 11; his surviving a Japanese ambush; killing of Japanese prisoners; end of the war; service with the Army of Occupation in Japan, 1945-46; postwar adjustments to civilian life.

137, [2] leaves : facsim. ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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